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3 sie 2013 · In 2008, bats split into pieces once a game on average, posing injury risks to players, umpires and even fans. The issue coincided with a rapid rise in the popularity of maple bats.
For decades, baseball bats had been made almost exclusively of ash. But in the mid-1990s, Sam Holman, a sort of Johnny Mapleseed of baseball bats, started experimenting with maple, giving samples to several players for the nearby Toronto Blue Jays. Eventually, one found its way into Bonds’ hands.
15 lip 2008 · Bat evolution The maple vs. ash controversy didn't exist in the early days of baseball: When Babe Ruth was hitting homers, he — and every other player — used a hickory bat. "Hickory was a...
20 lis 2018 · Pests have wreaked havoc on North American trees in the maple-bat era. The emerald ash borer (EAB) and Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) are two invasive insects that have devastated woodlands that supply bat wood to MLB.
Part II of this Comment will examine the history of maple bat use, the controversy surrounding the use of maple bats, and three incidents that occurred during MLB games involving maple bats.
28 sie 2018 · Since Bonds started using a maple bat to crush balls into McCovey Cove, maple has supplanted ash as Major League Baseball’s wood of choice, a fortuitous change since America’s supply of ash...
13 cze 2008 · As the debate about the safety of maple bats in Major League Baseball has intensified, Holman mentioned his Wall of Shame to help illustrate why he thought more bats are shattering.
